Greater New Orleans

River Parishes residents graduate from military training: Armed Services

Army Lt. Col. Charles Poche, the son of Charlie and Shirley Poche of Paulina, has graduated from the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, in Carlisle, Pa. Poche earned a master's degree in strategic studies. The college is the Army's senior educational institution.

The 10-month curriculum of the Army's senior officer school is designed to prepare and train officers of all the U.S. military branches of service, foreign military officers, as well as senior civilian officials of federal agencies, to serve in top-level command and staff positions with the U.S. Armed Forces worldwide.

Poche is a staff judge advocate assigned to the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Ga. He has served in the military for 22 years.

Poche graduated in 1987 from St. Charles Catholic High in LaPlace. He received a bachelor of science degree in 1991 from the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y. He earned a juris doctor in 1999 from University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Va.

Tuco graduates

Army Pvt. Brandon Tuco, the son of Peggy Tuco of LaPlace, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Tuco is a 2012 graduate of East St. John High in Reserve.